Lighting-bowl hanger.



H. R. YARDLEY. LIGHTING Bowl. HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG, 12, I9I5 nnrrnn ernstes nnrrianr oriana.

HORACE R. YARDIEY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO R. WILLIAMSON & CO., OI

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A. CORPORATION 0F ILLINOIS.

LIGHTING-Bowl. HANGER.

Patented Sept. Iii, i917.,

Application led August 12, 1915. Serial No. 45,227.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HORACE R. YABDLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Lighting- Bowl Hangers, of which the' following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to lighting xtures, and especially to fixtures which are suspended from the ceiling or other place by means of supporting members such as chains or the like.

The principal object of the invention is to arrange for the ready suspension of the globe or bowl and the lighting elements therefor, and to permit the separation and detachment of the bowl, without interfering with the connections to the lighting elements.

Other objects will be more fully pointed out and explained hereinafter.

In carrying out the invention in the manner herein set forth, I provide a lighting fixture comprising a bowl or globe and chains suspending the same, with a plurality of engaging and supporting members or devices which are interposed between the supporting chains and the bowl or globe.

These supporting members or devices are adapted to engage the supporting chains, preferably in a detachable manner and are also adapted to engage, preferably detachably, the bowl or globe so as to form a means whereby the latter is supported by the chains. These interposed supporting devices are also 4preferably provided with means for supporting a lighting element, such for example as an incandescent lamp socket in proper position where it will be eective in lighting the bowl or globe as desired. Said supporting devices are also preferably provided with means whereby additional or supplemental lighting elements, such for example as electric incandescent lamp sockets may be supported at one side of and outside of the bowl or globe.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a view largely in elevation but partly in section, of a lighting bowl and supporting arrangements therefor embodying my present invention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation, and Fig. 3 an end elevation of one of the supporting members or devices used in connection with the arrangement.

Referring to the drawings I show a lightmg bowl l which may be of any suitable or preferred construction for indirect or semiindirect lighting or otherwise. This bowl l is. shown supported by a plurality of chains 2 which are understood to be attached at their upper ends to some suitable device secured to the ceiling or otherwise, said device not being shown. in the drawings as the same is well known in the art. The lower ends of the chains 2 are attached to supporting members or clip devices 8 which are interposed between the chains and the bowl I in order to properly support or hang the latter. Ihese clip devices are preferably provided with upwardly extending hook portions 4- adapted to engage the lower links on the chains 2 and are also preferably provided with laterally projecting lamp por tions 5 which are capable of engaging hooks 6 on the bowl l, the hooks shown being conveniently provided with wire strips 7 se cured to the inner side of the bowl and provided at their upper ends with hooks 6 as shown in Fig. l. Thus the clip devices 3 are engaged by the chains 2 and in turn engage the hooks 6 on the bowl and so serve to suspend the latter from the chains, the chains 2 being preferably detachable from the hooks 4 and the eyes 5 being preferably detachable from the hooks 6, whereby easy attachment of the bowl to the chains and ready detachment ofi the same may besecured.

'Ihe cli a members 3 are also ireferabl oro` vided with lateral projections 8 to which lighting elements, such for example as incandescent lamp sockets 9, may be attached, the members S being shown provided with threaded sockets l0 adapted to receive a threaded projection at the end of an electric light socket, whereby a lighting element such as the incandescent lamp 9 may be detachably secured to the supporting clip 3 and thereby properly held inposition within the interior of the bowl 1 and suitably spaced with relation to the bottom wall of the same, as shown in Fig. l. The supporting clips are also preferably provided with other lateral projections l2 which ex* tend to the outside of the bowl l, and thence preferably downwardly in the form of a hook 12a. The side projections are for the purpose of suspending other Alighting elements, as for example incandescent lamp holes ll which support clips 15 and incandescent lamps therein and are provided at their upper ends with hook or lamp members 1G adapted to detachably engage the hooks 12a,

Thus the single elements such as the clip devices shown serve the pliualityof various purposes, namely to engage the engaging or supporting chains and also the bowl and detachably connect the latter with the former, and also to support the lighting elements within the bowl and other lighting elements outside ot' the bowl. Obviously these clip devices may be modified to dispense with certain of their functions without departing from the spi-rit of the in-4 ventiom That I claim is:

1. The combination with a lighting bowl and suspending members therefor, of supporting devices interposed between said members and the bowl, said devices being provided with means for detachably engaging said suspending members a'nd also with a member extending down from the top oi the bowl along the inner surfacey of the same and provided with an aperture, said bowl being provided with a projection engaging said aperture for detachably engaging the bowl.

2. The combination with a lighting bowl and suspending members therefor, of supporting devices interposed between said members and the bowl, said devices being provided with means for detachably engaging said suspending members and also with means for detachably engaging the bowl, said last mentioned means comprising members extending` down along the inner surface of the bowl and provided with apertures, and hook members on the interior of the bowl engaging said apertures, said supporting devices being provided with threaded sockets for receiving threaded end membersen electric light sockets, and also with means for supporting lighting elements outside ofl the bowl.

8:.A The. combination with a lighting `bowl and chains for supporting the same, of supporting devices constructed to be passed over the edge of the bowl, means provided inside the bowl nearthe edge thereof which is engaged by the supporting member, said supporting member having means for detach- 4 ably engaging the chains and having means for supporting lighting` elements provided inside and outside of the bowl.

Ll. A supporting device for use in connection with lighting bowls comprising a hook portion tor engagement with the suspending members lor the bowl,A and a portion adapted to: engage a projection on the inside of the bowl, and said portion having a laterally projecting portion adapted to support and engage a lighting element within the bowlfv A supporting device for use in connection with lighting bowls comprisingv a hook portion for engage-ment with the suspending members for the bowl, a portion adapted to extend down into the interior of the zoY bowl from the top thereof without passing through the bowl and engage a projection on the inside of' theboavl,` a. laterally projecting portion adapted to support a lighting elementwitliin the bowl and' provided with a threaded socket,- and a supplemental lprojecting portion adapted to sup.- port a lightingv element outside of the bowl.

6. A supporting clip having an upper hook portion and a lower eye portion. eX- tending down into the bowl without passing through the wall thereof and a laterally projecting portion for snpportingthe lighting element, and a second laterally extending portion for supporting a second lighting element, said last mentioned supporting portion being formed as a continuation ol a part Vof the.l clipI which extends upwardly and outwardly over the top of thebowl from said eye portion and thence downwardly to form a hook. Y

ln witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my ria-me this 23d day of July, A. D. 1915.

HORACE R. YARDLEY., Witnesses:

Ofi-Ins ELLMMAoi-r, A.. MILLER BELFIELD.

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